Free Resource. AcadademicInfo was created in 1998 by Michael Madin. He created this site, when he experienced a lack of “authoritative educational resources” available on the web. Searches can be done through subject guides. Information also available on this site includes, educational resources, online degrees, and video lectures. There is no cost to use this site.
eThemes provides, free access to over 2,500 collections of websites. Anyone who works in a teaching role can use these resources. You can either use keyword searching to search the database, or choose from the list of topics provided. eThemes is created and maintained by the University of MO College of Education staff and graduate students. The resources are also reviewed by classroom teachers.
Free Resource. IPL2 is hosted by Drexel University’s College of Information Science and Technology. A variety of colleges who have programs in information sciences are responsible for developing and maintaining the site. You can search resources by subject, newspapers/magazines, special collections, for kids and for teens. You can also submit a site to the IPL2 to suggest it be added to their resources.
This site is hosted by discovery education, but maintained by Kathy Schrock who is a director for technology at Nauset Public Schools. Features of the site include sites of the school days, which teaches you about a new site for teachers every week (by email), new sites this month, theme of the month, and content rich sites. You can use a keyword search to search through all the resources, or use the categories already on the homepage. These include, subject access, teacher helpers, and search tools. Free access to anyone.
netTrekker d.i. (JCKL database)
This site is sponsored by Thinkronize, Inc., was founded in 1997 and currently serves millions of students world wide. This product requires a subscription to use. Pricing varies depending on number of students and products purchased. You can limit your searches based on grade levels, elementary, middle, and high. You can narrow your searches, to include all students, ELL students, or 21st century skills. You can search by keyword or by subject area. Special features of this site include timeline, famous person, image search, references, and teacher tools. Students can also create personal accounts to store their favorite sites and other information from the websites.
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/